Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Top 5 Oscar travesties of all time:
1) 1976: Rocky beats out Network, All the Presidents Men, Bound for Glory, AND Taxi Driver. Well I guess Sly wouldn't have become the greatest actor in the history of movies without it.
2) 1993: Forrest Gump and his chocolates take away Pulp Fiction's trophy. You know what they call this kind of decision in France? Le crap.
3) 1941: How Green was My Valley tops the list over Citizen Kane. This is like comparing apples to orangutans.
4) 2001: Denzel wins best actor for Training Day rather than getting it for [insert anything else he has done here]
5) 1992: Marisa Tomei...nuff said.
Crash wins, Brokeback Mountain doesnt. In my opinion these two movies were about on the same level to begin with. They both were the least deserving of the five to win. One is a portrayal of the "Who can be more racist?" game, the other is exploring homophobia in John Wayne Land. Both solid flicks, but neither had a 4 star plot or cast. (Gyllenhaal was a gazillion times better in Jarhead)
Brokeback fans are steamed that Crash won, Crash fans are ticked that Brokeback fans are trashing their movie. Racism vs. Homophobia? The issues arent enough in themselves that supporters have to start competing against OTHER issues? Simmah down peoples.
Seems to be representative of a bigger issue to me. Why is it that these topics suck out so much of the energy and debate from USAers, while topics which should be of equal or more concern (take the foreign relation themes of Munich and Good Night and Good Luck for example) get left out of pop culture approval. There's something to this...maybe more later. Time to teach The English!
(Credit to James Berardinelli for his thoughts on the 2006 Oscars. I agreed with him totally: http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/ )
"Dont take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side." --- Baltazar Gracian
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